pittdan77
Athletic Director
I've seen it. I also don't think that it is true. Just because 30 for 30...30 years later does a show.
It wasn't just the Steelers who passed on Marino. Plus, it serves no purpose for the Steelers to admit they were influenced by rumors. I was 23 at the time and without a doubt, that was word on the street. I do recall Shula admitting concern..and btw....let's see the reports instead of taking someone s word for it. That is classic hearsay.
I know a guy that was a campus cop and he'd swear that Pitt football players ran wild all over campus and were all a pain back then. He also buys the "Marino was on drugs" narrative but didn't have an answer for why they never did anything to him if that were true.
That draft was the stuff of legend and the teams that "got it right" had a very nice ten year run. Super Bowl or not, they were all competitive.